turken

See also: Turken and Türken

English

Etymology

Blend of turkey +‎ chicken

Noun

turken (plural turkens)

  1. Synonym of Naked Neck (“chicken of a breed without feathers on its neck”)
    • 1933, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, page 239:
      These inoculations did not result in the production of precipitins in chickens against turken serum or in turkens against chicken serum, whereas both produced precipitins when injected into turkeys.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

turken m

  1. definite singular of turke

Swedish

Noun

turken

  1. definite singular of turk.
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